While women and gays were welcomes into the military, vets were handed their pink slips. When VP Gore was given the task of "reinventing government", he and the White House took credit for removing 305,000 people from the gov. payroll. What they did not tell you was that 286,000 of those cuts-more than 90%- came from employees of the Dept. or Defense.
During his command, Clinton reduced the ACTIVE- duty force by 1/3 to 1/2 eliminating approx. 800,000 personnel. He reduced the Army from eighteen divisions to ten. He cut half the Air Force combat fighter wings, chopping twelve from the existing twenty four. He eliminated 232 strategic bombers and 2000 Air Force and Navy combat aircraft. He reduced the Navy from 567 ships to just over 300. he decommissioned all the battleships, eliminated 13 ballistic subs, 4 aircraft carriers 121 surface combat ships and subs, and most of the support bases, and logistical assets needed to sustain our forces.
He gutted military infrastructure and readiness capabilities, and inflicted a dramatic decrease in readiness ratings for the fleet.
He also gutted moral by freezing pay.
all from Dereliction of Duty and all figures are noted in the book. |
